Rapper Andre Johnson is currently recovering in a Los Angeles hospital after an apparent suicide attempt. TMZ broke the news that Johnson, a former member of Wu-Tang Clan affiliated group Northstar, cut off his penis and then jumped from the second floor of his apartment building on Apr. 16.
Johnson, who used the rap name Christ Bearer, was found lying on the sidewalk outside a North Hollywood apartment building and was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Even though the rapper is said to be in stable condition, doctors were not able to reattach his severed penis, TMZ reports.
The site recently caught up with Johnson's friend who said the rapper needed time to heal. Supreme, who was also a fellow Wu-Tang rapper, told TMZ that he never noticed any signs of drug or mental health issues with Johnson.
Supreme said he went to see his friend in the hospital adding that now it's time to "let his brother heal."
The first two days after the incident, Wu-Tang kept quiet but finally released a very bizarre statement about Johnson, E! News reports. At first the group denied that Johnson was associated with Wu-Tang but retracted the statement.
On their official blog, they initially had a post saying they did not know who Johnson was but deleted it and replaced it with a TMZ story on the incident. Now E! published a few excerpts from their official statement.
Check it out below:
- "We dug further only to find that this person had in fact worked with and may have been loosely affiliated with actual legitimate Wu lineage."
- "Besides who cuts their D**k off? And jumps off a balcony? Guess Old Habits DON'T die HARD. LOL. No pun intended. Thats not a WUTANG style we are familiar with over here."
- "Even Old dirty Bastard burning with Gonorrhea didn't cut his d**k off and by all accounts he was one Crazy mother**ker!!"
- We loved every bit of his brilliant Craziness... and his problems the good bad and ugly... But Cutting Off your d**k and jumping off the balcony is Just Not the WuTang Way its just something we don't and wouldn't do round her nor do we condone such actions."
- "You must protect the LIGHTSABER"
- "With all due respect Hopefully That brother gets help cause he's gonna need it... Maybe he can get Counseling with Lorena Bobbitts X husband to help him along the way."
- "I hear it won't rejuvenate itself and is not re attachable... More important Maybe he will lay off what ever DRUGS he was on, cause I sure as hell hope he wasn't straight."
- "And to the kids this your brain on drugs and the results there of, be wise, stay in school, choose your friends carefully and don't mess with Drugs... DRUGS are for Suckers."
According to E!, the statement was signed "#WULIFE... PEACE... WISE AND CIVILZED..."
